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Name	Team	Age
Bill Bickham	Retired (1967, Age 37)	Died (2014, Age 85)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 3 (1950)	CF	L/L
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Kevin Brown League	0	14 years (104 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	A	B+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
C+	C+	B
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B+	A-	C-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	F	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
A	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
A-	0	11/23/1929
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
1	3	6
Alt Pos (2B)	Alt Pos (1B)	Alt Pos (CF)
A+ (93.5 %)	F  (3.4 %)	F  (0.2 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1950

Minors

57.00

7 / 8

2 / 6

10 / 11

7 / 10

1 / 3

5 / 11

6 / 8

38 / 57

1951

Minors

66.00

5 / 10

4 / 7

9 / 12

6 / 9

1 / 8

6 / 9

4 / 11

35 / 66

1951

Pos (CF)

107.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

18 / 107

1951

Pos (LF)

16.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

10 / 16

1952

Minors

37.00

1 / 2

4 / 8

3 / 5

2 / 3

3 / 9

3 / 6

0 / 4

16 / 37

1952

Majors

33.14

72

69

0

2 / 5

3 / 9

0 / 6

2 / 5

2 / 2

0 / 4

0 / 2

9 / 33

1952

Pos (LF)

16.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

7 / 16

1953

Majors

63.85

130

117

32

1 / 6

2 / 17

4 / 9

3 / 7

0 / 11

0 / 5

3 / 8

13 / 63

1954

Majors

71.79

162

155

0

0 / 7

2 / 10

2 / 12

1 / 8

0 / 12

1 / 12

2 / 10

8 / 71

1955

Majors

72.15

162

155

0

2 / 10

1 / 11

3 / 11

6 / 10

0 / 15

0 / 7

0 / 8

12 / 72

1956

Majors

58.96

137

132

25

0 / 10

0 / 8

0 / 8

0 / 6

0 / 7

2 / 13

1 / 6

3 / 58

1957

Majors

70.63

162

155

0

0 / 11

1 / 11

1 / 17

0 / 8

0 / 9

0 / 6

1 / 8

3 / 70

1958

Majors

64.70

162

155

0

0 / 5

0 / 8

0 / 7

1 / 7

0 / 11

0 / 12

0 / 14

1 / 64

1959

Majors

55.54

162

155

0

0 / 8

0 / 9

0 / 9

0 / 7

1 / 10

0 / 5

0 / 7

1 / 55

1960

Majors

61.71

162

155

0

0 / 11

1 / 15

0 / 9

0 / 7

0 / 7

0 / 5

1 / 7

2 / 61

1961

Majors

63.95

162

155

0

0 / 16

1 / 6

0 / 10

0 / 9

0 / 7

0 / 10

0 / 5

1 / 63

1962

Majors

62.60

157

151

6

0 / 6

0 / 5

0 / 10

0 / 10

0 / 11

1 / 10

0 / 10

1 / 62

1963

Majors

56.94

141

136

21

-1 / 9

-6 / 6

-1 / 5

-4 / 13

-9 / 7

-1 / 7

-2 / 9

-24 / 56

1964

Majors

64.43

162

154

0

-4 / 3

-2 / 9

-1 / 10

-2 / 9

-9 / 17

-3 / 8

-2 / 8

-23 / 64

1965

Majors

62.08

155

146

7

-1 / 8

-5 / 8

-3 / 7

-5 / 10

-1 / 11

-1 / 9

-3 / 9

-19 / 62

1966

Minors

29.00

0 / 1

0 / 3

0 / 4

2 / 4

2 / 10

1 / 5

0 / 2

5 / 29

1967

Majors

20.09

162

7

0

-6 / 4

-7 / 3

-5 / 2

-5 / 1

-5 / 5

-2 / 3

-1 / 2

-31 / 20

Total

2250

1997

91

6 / 140

1 / 159

22 / 164

14 / 143

-14 / 172

12 / 147

10 / 138

86 / 1202

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1967-11-01	Bill Bickham has retired from the Philadelphia Thunder
1967-03-30	The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Bill Bickham to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have sent Brad Harper to the minors.
1966-03-30	Bill Bickham has signed with the Philadelphia Thunder for $0.75M per year for 2 years.
1965-07-17	Bill Bickham of the Washington Senators is injured and is expected to be out 8 days.
1963-04-20	Bill Bickham of the Washington Senators is injured and is expected to be out 24 days.
1962-08-12	Bill Bickham of the Washington Senators is injured and is expected to be out 6 days.
1959-03-28	The Washington Senators have promoted Bill Bickham to the major league team. The Washington Senators have promoted Ron Reed to the major league team. The Washington Senators have promoted Mike Nelson to the major league team.
1959-03-28	Bill Bickham has signed with the Washington Senators for $11.25M per year for 7 years.
1958-03-31	The Toronto Faceless Corporation have promoted Bill Bickham to the major league team.
1958-03-30	Bill Bickham has signed with the Toronto Faceless Corporation for $11.25M per year for 1 year.
1957-05-01	The Oakland Athletics have placed Bill Bickham on the trade block.
1956-07-27	Bill Bickham of the Oakland Athletics is injured and is expected to be out 28 days.
1953-09-22	Bill Bickham of the Oakland Athletics is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
1953-08-23	Bill Bickham of the Oakland Athletics is injured and is expected to be out 9 days.
1953-06-21	Bill Bickham of the Oakland Athletics is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
1953-03-28	The Oakland Athletics have promoted Bill Bickham to the major league team. The Oakland Athletics have promoted Jackie Oberkfell to the major league team. The Oakland Athletics have promoted Jack Dixon to the major league team.
1952-10-13	The Oakland Athletics have sent Jack Dixon to the minors. The Oakland Athletics have sent Bill Bickham to the minors. The Oakland Athletics have sent Jackie Oberkfell to the minors.
1952-07-13	The Oakland Athletics have promoted Bill Bickham to the major league team. The Oakland Athletics have designated Fred Gassaway for assignment.
1952-03-30	The Oakland Athletics have promoted Benj Hartman to the major league team. The Oakland Athletics have sent Bill Bickham to the minors.
1951-10-03	The Oakland Athletics have promoted Bill Bickham to the major league team. The Oakland Athletics have sent Harry Grimsley to the minors.